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FORRES (Gaelic, far uis, " near water ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 672 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FORRES (Gaelic, far uis, " near See also:water ")  , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Elginshire, See also:Scotland . Pop . (1891) 3971; (1901) 4317 . It is situated on the Findhorn, which sweeps past the See also:town and is crossed by a suspension See also:bridge about a mile to the W., sr m . W. of See also:Elgin by the Highland railway, and 6 m. by road from Findhorn, its See also:port, due See also:north . It is one of the most See also:ancient towns in the north of Scotland . See also:King Donald (892-900), son of See also:Constantine, died in See also:Forres, not without suspicion of poisoning, and in it King See also:Duff (961-967) was murdered . See also:Macbeth is said to have slain See also:Duncan in the first structure that gave its name to Castlehill, which was probably the See also:building demolished in 1297 by the adherents of See also:Wallace . The next See also:castle was a royal See also:residence from 1189 to 1371 and was occupied occasionally by See also:William the See also:Lion, See also:Alexander II. and See also:David II . It was burned down by the See also:Wolf of See also:Badenoch in 1390 . The ruins on the See also:hill; however, are those of a later edifice and are surmounted by a See also:granite See also:obelisk, 65 ft. high, raised to the memory of Surgeon See also:James See also:Thomson, a native of See also:Cromarty, who at the cost of his See also:life tended the See also:Russian wounded on the See also:field of the See also:Alma . The public buildings include the town See also:hall, a See also:fine and commodious See also:house on the site of the old tolbooth; the See also:Falconer museum, containing among other exhibits several valuable- fossils, and named after Dr See also:Hugh Falconer (18o8-1865), the distinguished palaeontologist and botanist, a native of the town; the See also:mechanics' See also:institute; the agricultural and See also:market hall; Leanchoil See also:hospital and See also:Anderson's Institution for poor boys .

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cross, in Decorated See also:Gothic, stands beside the town hall . Adjoining the town on the See also:south-See also:east is the beautifully-wooded See also:Cluny Hill, a favourite public resort, carrying on its See also:summit the See also:tower, 70 ft. high, which Was erected in 18o6 to the memory of See also:Nelson, and on its See also:southern slopes a well-known hydropathic . An excellent See also:golf-course extends from Kinloss to Findhorn . The See also:industries comprise the manufacture of chemicals and artificial See also:manures, granite polishing, See also:flour and sawmills, See also:boot- and See also:shoe-making, See also:carriage-building and woollen manufactures . There is also considerable See also:trade in See also:cattle . Sueno's See also:Stone, about 23 ft. high, probably the finest sculptured monolith in Scotland, stands in a field to the east of the town . Its origin and See also:character have given rise to endless surmises . It is carved with figures of soldiers, priests, slaughtered men and captives on one See also:side, and on the other with a cross and Runic ornamentation . One theory is that it is a relic of the See also:early See also:Christian See also:church, symbolizing the See also:battle of life and the triumphof See also:good over evil . According to an older tradition it was named after Sueno, son of Harold, king of See also:Denmark, who won a victory on the spot in 1008 . A third conjecture is that it commemorates the See also:expulsion of the Danes from See also:Moray in 1014 . See also:Skene's view is that it See also:chronicles the struggle in 900 between See also:Sigurd, See also:earl of See also:Orkney, and Maelbrigd, Maormor of Moray .

Another storied stone is called the Witches' Stone, because it marks the See also:

place near Fortes where Macbeth is said to have encountered the weird sisters . Forres is one of the See also:Inverness See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs, the other members being See also:Nairn, See also:Fortrose and Inverness . The town is amongst the healthiest in Scotland and has the lowest rainfall in the See also:county . Within 2 M. of Forres, to the S.W., See also:lie the beautiful See also:woods of Altyre, the seat of the See also:Gordon-Cummings . Three See also:miles farther south is Relugas House, the favourite residence of See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Dick See also:Lauder, romantically situated on a height near the confluence of the Divie and the Findhorn . Not far away stand the ruins of the old castle of Dunphail . On the See also:left See also:bank of the Findhorn, 3a in . W. of Fortes, is situated See also:Brodie Castle, partly ancient and. partly See also:modern . The Brodies—the old name of their See also:estate was Brothie, from the Irish broth, a ditch, in allusion to the See also:trench that ran from the See also:village of Dyke to the north of the house—were a See also:family of See also:great consequence at the See also:period of the See also:Covenant . Alexander Brodie (1617-1680), the fourteenth See also:laird, was one of the commissioners who went to the See also:Hague to treat with See also:Charles IL, and afterwards became a Scottish See also:lord of session and. an See also:English See also:judge . He and his son were regarded as amongst the staunchest of the Presbyterians . Farther south is the See also:forest of Darnaway, famous for its.oaks, in which stands the earl of Moray's See also:mansion of Darnaway Castle .

It occupies the site of the castle which was built by Thomas See also:

Randolph, the first earl . Attached to it is the great hall, capable of accommodating loon men, with an open roof of fine dark See also:oak, the only remaining portion of the castle that was erected by See also:Archibald See also:Douglas; earl of Moray, in 1.450 . See also:Queen See also:Mary held a See also:council in it in 1562 . Earl Randolph's See also:chair, not unlike the See also:coronation chair, has been preserved Kinloss See also:Abbey, now in ruins, stands some 22 in. to the N.E. of Fbrres . It was founded in 1150 by David I., and remained in the hands of the See also:Cistercians till its suppression at the See also:Reformation . See also:Robert See also:Reid, who ruled from 1526 to 1540, was its greatest See also:abbot . His See also:hobby was gardening, and it is believed that many of the 123 varieties of See also:pears and 146 varieties of apples for which the district is famous were due to his skill and enterprise . See also:Edward I. stayed in the abbey for a See also:short See also:time in 1303 and Queen Mary spent two nights in it in 1562 .

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